Ebsen

By randy-johnson

Thu, 06 Jul 2023
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Buddy Ebsen lost his life twenty years ago.
He guest-starred on The Andy Griffith Show.
Jed Clampett was a character who he loved to portray.
After living many years, he died twenty years ago today.
He was originally going to be the Tin Man and he died at the age of 95.
After living for over ninety years, this talented man could no longer survive.
Barnaby Jones was another character who Ebsen portrayed.
The world lost this man who has been dead for two decades.

[Dedicated to Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003) who died twenty years ago today on July 6, 2003]

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Submitted by Turlough on

'Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.'

I only ever knew him as Jed but the Beverley Hillbillies was a precious part of my childhood.

Turlough